why aren't all 8 resolved? a statement only gets an assessment when the public
record can support or contradict it. opinions and what-ifs never can, and 0 checkable
ones are still open, waiting for their date. predictions held up or didn't;
assertions are supported or contradicted. on every card:
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▮▮▮▮▮ debate potential. speakers are clickable
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Nadel: Big tech platforms will replicate 1 Second Everyday and crush it
“He'll get some more traction, and then they'll introduce it, and they'll crush him.”
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Hyatt: Kuriyama needs $5M to $10M in VC to fend off clones
“I think he needs five, ten million bucks. I think he needs to go hard or go home. I'm telling you, this thing is, Is, is so going to be copied.”
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Kuriyama: 1 Second Everyday generated $1.3M in 2017 revenue
“1.3 million.”
Assertion Supported
1 Second Everyday was the most backed app in Kickstarter history
“Over 11,000 people backed it, the most people that had ever backed an app on Kickstarter.”
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Kuriyama: 1 Second Everyday has 400K MAU and 100K DAU
“So we have about 400,000 monthly active users right now, about a 100,000 daily active users.”
Disclosure
Kuriyama: 1 Second Everyday has never raised outside capital
“We've never raised a single dime so far. We've done everything. We only hired when we could afford it.”
Assertion Not publicly verifiable
1 Second Everyday became the number one paid app in early 2018
“It seemed to strike such a chord that it became the number one paid app in the app store for the first week of 20 18. And then it hit number one again a month later.”
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Kuriyama: 19M of 65M total moments were logged in past 90 days
“Lifetime, we've logged about sixty five million kind of moments or something, but like in just in the past 90 days, we've logged nineteen million of them.”